"Three Billion Ways to Get It Wrong"
Sincerity appears impossible,
and most of us choose despair.
A rough blue shadow rests across
the bottom of the bathroom window's
curtain -- cast by a towel, tucked
behind, in winter, years ago; below,
a decrepit blue toilet, the seat
discolored, cracked and unhinged.
At the immense election,
signals fluctuate.